Friday, January 15, 2016

"In a report released Monday, a
committee of legal experts appointed by Orange County District Attorney Tony
Rackauckas to investigate complaints about the misuse of jailhouse informants
in the district cited a 'failure of leadership' in his own office and a lack of
police training in state and federal laws regarding informants, reports the Los
Angeles Times. The report, which also examined issues within the Orange
County Sheriff's Department, was prompted by the 'ever-widening scandal in
which prosecutors and law enforcement officers have been accused of misusing
inmate informants and failing to disclose key evidence to defendants,' writes
the Los Angeles Times.

The report provided 10
recommendations which, the committee says, will restore confidence in the
Orange County criminal justice system, including that the Orange County
District Attorney’s Office revise its policies and procedures regarding the use
of jailhouse informants and overhaul its training program for prosecutors and
law enforcement officers and to 'promote prosecutors who place justice ahead of
legal victories,' reports the Los Angeles Times."

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a report released Monday, a committee of legal experts appointed by
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas to investigate
complaints about the misuse of jailhouse informants in the district
cited a “failure of leadership” in his own office and a lack of police
training in state and federal laws regarding informants, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The report, which also examined issues within the Orange County
Sheriff's Department, was prompted by the “ever-widening scandal in
which prosecutors and law enforcement officers have been accused of
misusing inmate informants and failing to disclose key evidence to
defendants,” writes the Los Angeles Times.
The report provided 10 recommendations which, the committee says,
will restore confidence in the Orange County criminal justice system,
including that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office revise its
policies and procedures regarding the use of jailhouse informants and
overhaul its training program for prosecutors and law enforcement
officers and to “promote prosecutors who place justice ahead of legal
victories,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
- See more at:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/news-events-exonerations/committee-releases-report-on-orange-county-prosecutors2019-misuse-of-jailhouse-informants#sthash.zvTi1TlU.dpuf

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a report released Monday, a committee of legal experts appointed by
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas to investigate
complaints about the misuse of jailhouse informants in the district
cited a “failure of leadership” in his own office and a lack of police
training in state and federal laws regarding informants, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The report, which also examined issues within the Orange County
Sheriff's Department, was prompted by the “ever-widening scandal in
which prosecutors and law enforcement officers have been accused of
misusing inmate informants and failing to disclose key evidence to
defendants,” writes the Los Angeles Times.
The report provided 10 recommendations which, the committee says,
will restore confidence in the Orange County criminal justice system,
including that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office revise its
policies and procedures regarding the use of jailhouse informants and
overhaul its training program for prosecutors and law enforcement
officers and to “promote prosecutors who place justice ahead of legal
victories,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
- See more at:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/news-events-exonerations/committee-releases-report-on-orange-county-prosecutors2019-misuse-of-jailhouse-informants#sthash.zvTi1TlU.dpuf